A captivating visual story of Notre Dame, "the Cathedral of the World," highlighting the fire and reconstruction of this beloved building by award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee.

On April 15, 2019, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was nearly destroyed by a fire, an event that shocked and captured the attention of the entire world as it unfolded in real time on television and online. The story of the fire and its subsequent renovation offers an exciting narrative around which Lynn Curlee builds an illustrated story for middle readers about this internationally loved monument. In her unique way, Lynn sheds light on fascinating facts about cathedrals, Gothic architecture, French history, restoration of historic buildings, heroism during the fire, and even Quasimodo, the famous hunchback of Notre Dame.